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Past Events
Spring 2005 Events
Thursday, February 17, 12:00pm, Dodd Dining Hall, Gibson Room
"Subsidizing Motherhood: State Mandates and Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatments"
A lecture by Lucie Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Economics, Williams College
Part of the WGST Faculty Lunch SeriesThursday, February 24, 12:00pm, Dodd Dining Hall, Gibson Room
"Telling Conditions: Narrating Pregnancy and Childbirth in German Literature around 1800"
A lecture by Gail Newman, Professor of German, Lissack Professor for Social Responsibility and Personal Ethics, Williams College
Part of the WGST Faculty Lunch SeriesWednesday, March 2, 8:00pm, Griffin 6
"Litter Babies," "Miracle Births" and Lessons for Mothers: The Dionne Quintuplets (b. 1934) and the McCaughey Septuplets (b.1998)
A lecture by Meredith Michaels, Professor of Philosophy, Smith College
Co-sponsored by the Philosophy DepartmentThursday, March 3, 12:00pm, Dodd Dining Hall, Gibson Room
"Soldiers & Sexuality: Military Masculinity in Napoleonic France"
A lecture by Brian Martin, Assistant Professor of French, Williams College
Part of the WGST Faculty Lunch SeriesThursday, March 10, 12:00pm, Dodd Dining Hall, Gibson Room
"Gender Resources in Libraries: The Ups and Downs of the Information Age"
A lecture by Christine Menard, Head of Research and Reference Services, Williams College Libraries
Part of the WGST Faculty Lunch SeriesThursday, April 7, 8:00pm, Griffin 6
"My Grandmother, My Mother, and Me: The Economic Status of African American Women"
A lecture by Cecilia Conrad, Associate Dean and Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics, Pomona CollegeSunday, April 10, 1:00 - 4:30pm, Dodd Living Room
"Creative Interventions: Understanding and Confronting the Cycles of HIV"
Kiaran Honderich, Staff Economist, Center for Popular Economics
Jill Lewis, Professor of Literature and Gender Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Hampshire College, Gender/HIV Training Consultant for Norwegian Refugee Council
This is a hands-on workshop on how gender roles and stereotypes contribute to the worldwide transmission of HIV.
2003 -2004
WGST Pizza Party in Dodd Living Room, Come meet WGST majors, hobnob with professors, ask questions, and eat pizza! Tuesday, Sept. 16, 6pm.
Lecture by Rep. Sabrina Sojourner
Congresswoman Sabrina Sojourner was the first open lesbian and first African-American lesbian to be elected to U.S. Congress. Having been elected by a whopping 83% of the vote, Rep. Sojourner represented the District of Columbis in the U.S. House of Representatives where in her non-voting position she lobbied not only for statehood for D.C. but for issues impacting gays and lesbians and African-American interests. She will be speaking on "Diversity and Livinig by the Heart: Visioning the Global, Working the Personal." Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7:30pm. Griffin 3.
Lecture by Leslie Feinberg
Feinberg is the author of the classic queer novel, Stone Butch Blues. Feinberg is known for being very adept at making the connections between racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, etc. Ze (ze prefers the pronouns "ze" and "hir") is also the author of Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue, and Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Ze is also well-known as an activist who works to forge strong bonds between the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities as well as the trade unionist, anti-racist and socialist communities. Ze has also worked for more than 25 years in defense of the sovereignty, self-determination and treaty rights of Native nations and for freedom of political priosoners in the U.S. Hir partner is the author Minnie Bruce Pratt. Feinberg will be speaking on"Transgender Warriors and Transgender Liberation." Thursday, Oct. 9, 7pm. Brooks-Rogers.
Angela Means (Dartmouth) will speak on Genocidal Rape and the ICC (International Criminal Court). Thursday, Nov 6
Andrew Sullivan will speak in support of gay and lesbian marriage. (WGST is co-sponsoring this event). Monday, Nov 17
Nancy Gallagher will speak on the Vermont Eugenics Project: Women's relationships and feminine sexuality, tracing the origins and development of the Vermont Eugenics movement and exploring how the idea of “human betterment through selective breeding” functioned within Vermont’s own political and cultural landscape, particularly for the the women who were the subjects of the movement and the female social workers in the movement. Wednesday, Mar. 3, 12pm. Gibson room of Dodd. Lunch lecture.
Becky Goldberg will show her documentary "Hot and Bothered: Feminist Pornography" to be followed by a Q&A session. Monday, Mar. 8, 8pm, Griffin 6.